Lantern-holder



(No Model.)

G. T; VAN RIPER. LANTERN HOLDER.'

10.568,592. 'Patentedsepn 29, 1896i.

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GEORGE TALMADGE VAN RIPER, OF FREEPORT, NEW YORK.

LANT'ERN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,592, datedSeptember 29, 1896.

Application led Julie 11, 1896. Serial N0. 595,165. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t bury concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE TALMADGE VAN RIPER, of Freeport, in thecounty of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Lantern-Holders, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates particularly to devices for holding and securingdanger lanterns usually employed as signals during building orexcavating operations.

It is the usual practice to suspend lanterns loosely on stakesV or asimilar support embedded in the sand for Warning people of dangerousplaces, such as piles of brick and building material, but in so placingthe lamps they are liable to be and often are stolen, thereby not onlyentailing considerable loss upon the builder or contractor, but also bytheir absence increase the danger to persons on the street.

The object of my invention therefore is to provide means to protect thelamp or lantern from the depredations of thieves.

I will describe a lantern-holder embodying my invention, and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention, andFig. 2 is a vertical section thereof.

The invention comprises a casing l, having an opening 2 through each ofits side walls, and an outwardl r-eritended opening 3 in its top wall,in which the neck portion of a lantern is designed to fit. The innerside of the bottom of the casing l is provided with an annular flange 4,within which the base of the lantern may engage, and thus prevent alateral movement of the same. One wall of the casing is hinged to thebottom portion of the casing, as shown at Ll, so that the said wall maybe swung outward and downward for the purpose of inserting a lantern.The upper portion of this swinging wall has a tongue 5, adapted toengage in the outward opening 3 in the top of the casing and engage aportion of the lantern, as plainly indicated in the drawings, and thuspractically form a closed top for the casing.

The hinged wall has a hasp 6, designed to engage with a staple 7 on thetop of the cas-A ing, in which a padlock 8 may be engaged.

Of course I do not confine my invention to any particular locking means,as it is obvious that locking devices other than that shown anddescribed may be employed.

I provide means for securing the casing to a stake designed to be driveninto the sand or other support, and also so arranged that it may beattached to a ilat surface, such as a board or flooring of a building.As here shown, this means consists of plates 9, having hinge connectionsl0 at opposite sides of the casing and adapted to fold up against thebottom of the same, and plates 1l, having hinged connections with theplates 9, so as to be turned at right angles thereto, or in a parallelplane therewith, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. As here shown,the plates 11 are secured to a stake no by means of screws, but, asbefore stated, the dotted lines show different positions in which thefastening devices may be placed.

The dome of the lantern is projected out of the casing, so that the gasgenerated by the iiame may escape.

This device may be made of light metal, and is therefore portable andconvenient for the use of builders, and obviously it will protect thelantern placed therein.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as n'ewaid desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A lantern-holder, comprising a casing havingan opening through each of its walls and an outwardly-extending openingin its top wall, one of said walls having a hinged connection with thecasing, a tongue portion on said swinging Wall adapted to engage in theouter opening in the top of the casing, a locking device for saidswinging wall, and a fastening device at the lower end of the casing,substantially as specied.

2. A lantern-holder, comprising a casing having an opening through eachof its side walls, a swinging-door portion for said casing,

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locking means therefor, and afastening device comprising plates havinghinged eonnec tion with the casing and plates having hinged connectionwith the iirstsnanied pl.ttes,wheren by said fastening devices may beplaced at various angles with relation to the casing, substantially asspecified.

A lantern-holding device having a casing one side of which is open, andthe top of which is provided with an opening extending from the innerportion of the top outwardly to the open side, and a wallhingedlymounted on the casin g and closing the open side thereof, the wallhaving a tongue in its upper edge which extends into theoutwardly-extending opening in the top of the casing and partiallycloses the saine, substantially as described.

4. A device for holding lanterns, the device having a casing capable ofcontaining the lantern, two plates pivotally connected to the lower edgeof the easing, and two additional plates respectively pivoted to thefree edges of the rst-na1ned plates whereby the plates may fasten thecasing to supports of various forms, substantially as described.

GEORGE 'lAldlADGE VAN lllllll.

Witnesses:

F. G. VAN RIPER, ALFRED MORREY.

